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Report on the snow crab industry in the Atlantic Provinces and in Quebec : report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

by: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

Publication date: 2011

Topics: Snow crab fisheries -- Atlantic Provinces, Fishery management -- Canada, Fishery policy -- Canada, Snow crab industry -- Québec (Province)

Publisher: [Ottawa] : Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

Collection: uoftgovpubs; robarts; governmentpublications; toronto

Contributor: Robarts - University of Toronto

Language: English; French

viii, 45, 49, viii p. : 28 cm

Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program (Weekly checklist 2011-44)

"41st Parliament, 1st Session"

"October 2011"

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction -- Background. Snow crab biology ; Description of the fishery ; Development of the snow crab fishery ; Assessment of the snow crab biomass ; Pricing and marketing of snow crab -- The 2010 management decision for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Applying the precautionary approach to the management of the snow crab fishery ; Scientific stock assessment and the management of the fishery ; Management of Area 19 snow crab fishery ; Decision-making process, stakeholder consultation and timing of communicating the decisions -- Resource sharing arrangements -- Impacts of the management decision for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence -- Overcapacity in the fishery -- Intergenerational transfer of the fishing effort -- Processing and marketing of snow crab -- Conclusion -- List of recommendations -- List of witnesses -- List of briefs -- Request for government response